Turnip mosaic virus

Turnip mosaic virus
	Leaves showing interveinal chlorosis, puckering and distortion.
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Pisuviricota
Class:	Stelpaviricetes
Order:	Patatavirales
Family:	Potyviridae
Genus:	Potyvirus
Species:	Turnip mosaic virus
Synonyms
	TuMV;

Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is a Potyvirus of the family Potyviridae that causes diseases in cruciferous plants, among others. The virus is usually spread by 40-50 species of aphids in a non-persistent manner. Infected plants, especially the natural hosts, show symptoms such as chlorotic local lesions, mosaic, mottling, puckering or rugosity. TuMV is a positive-sense single stranded RNA virus, consisting of a non-enveloped, helical capsid that is filamentous and flexuous, with an average length of 720 nm. The TuMV genome is linear and monopartite (single particle). The virus has a thermal inactivation point (TIP) of 62 °C, and longevity in vitro (LIV) of 3–4 days.

Evolution

This virus probably evolved from a virus of wild orchids in Germany spreading to wild and domestic brassicas.^[1] Via Southern Europe it moved to Asia Minor within the last 700 years.

References

^ Yasaka R, Fukagawa H, Ikematsu M, Soda H, Korkmaz S, Golnaraghi A, Katis N, Ho SYW, Gibbs AJ, Ohshima K (2017) The timescale of emergence and spread of Turnip Mosaic Potyvirus. Sci Rep 7(1):4240

External links

[Yasaka2017-1] Yasaka R, Fukagawa H, Ikematsu M, Soda H, Korkmaz S, Golnaraghi A, Katis N, Ho SYW, Gibbs AJ, Ohshima K (2017) The timescale of emergence and spread of Turnip Mosaic Potyvirus. Sci Rep 7(1):4240

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